Director of Events
Chainlink Labs develops and supports Chainlink.
Projects
About Chainlink Labs
Chainlink Labs is a technology company focused on building Chainlink as infrastructure for onchain finance. Its current platform includes decentralized data feeds and streams, cross-chain messaging, automation, verifiable randomness, serverless functions, compliance, privacy, data publishing, and runtime-orchestration services for financial institutions, developers, and DeFi protocols.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Chainlink Labs is seeking an experienced Director of Events to lead its global events function, develop a high-performing team, manage strategy and budgets, and deliver world-class conferences, customer engagements, product launches, and strategic events.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience leading large-scale events.
- 3+ years managing and developing event teams.
- Experience delivering flagship conferences, executive events, product launches, and sponsored industry events.
- Experience developing strategic event programs with measurable business outcomes.
- Experience managing event budgets, commercial negotiations, agencies, and vendors.
- People leadership and team development experience.
- Program and project management skills.
- Stakeholder management skills.
- Experience measuring event performance, ROI, and business impact.
- Experience creating premium event experiences for executive audiences, enterprise customers, or financial institutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and mentor a global team of event professionals.
- Define and execute the global event strategy.
- Plan and deliver SmartCon and major industry conferences.
- Deliver executive customer experiences, product launches, networking receptions, thought leadership forums, and strategic announcements.
- Partner with Marketing, Sales, Product, Executive Leadership, Finance, Legal, and Procurement.
- Manage event budgets, vendors, and commercial negotiations.
- Establish scalable event planning processes, governance, and operational standards.
- Measure event success through KPIs, attendee engagement, pipeline influence, and executive feedback.
- Ensure event quality, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance.
Benefits
- Long-term incentives
- Comprehensive benefits
